| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Bobby Allen (fresh) SG - Larry Meis (fresh) SF - Kristopher Hodges (fresh) PF - Clifford Baker (fresh) C - Johnny Buckmaster (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Charles Lowe (fresh) SG - Stanley Johnson (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) PF - Clarence Page (fresh) C - Walter Donnelly (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | Temple | Clarence Page gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Temple | Charles Lowe comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:31 | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Larry Meis | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | Temple | Eugene Danner clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 2-0 |
| 19:02 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster grabs the board | 2-0 |
| 18:50 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Stanley Johnson - foul #1 on Stanley Johnson, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:50 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis makes the 1st free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:50 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis misses the 2nd free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:50 | Temple | Clarence Page snags the defensive board | 3-0 |
| 18:39 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the shot from the right block but the foul's on Kristopher Hodges - foul #1 on Kristopher Hodges, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 18:39 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the 1st free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:39 | Temple | Clarence Page makes the 2nd free throw | 3-1 |
| 18:21 | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Walter Donnelly - foul #1 on Walter Donnelly, team foul #2 | 5-1 |
| 18:21 | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges makes the free throw | 6-1 |
| 18:05 | Temple | Eugene Danner hits a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Stanley Johnson and the foul's on Clifford Baker - foul #1 on Clifford Baker, team foul #2 | 6-3 |
| 18:05 | Temple | Eugene Danner makes the free throw | 6-4 |
| 17:45 | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 6-4 |
| 17:43 | Temple | Walter Donnelly grabs the defensive rebound | 6-4 |
| 17:38 | Temple | Charles Lowe drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Clarence Page | 6-6 |
| 17:22 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis makes the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Johnny Buckmaster and he's hacked by Walter Donnelly - foul #2 on Walter Donnelly, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey (PG), Edward Bracero (SF), Norbert Combs (PF), Kevin McCabe (C) Bobby Allen, Kristopher Hodges, Clifford Baker, Johnny Buckmaster | |
| Subs | Temple | Ernie Taylor (PF), Peter Hurley (C) Clarence Page, Walter Donnelly | |
| 17:22 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis makes the free throw | 9-6 |
| 17:00 | Temple | Stanley Johnson buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Charles Lowe | 9-8 |
| 16:51 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 9-8 |
| 16:50 | St. Joseph's | Norbert Combs grabs the offensive board | 9-8 |
| 16:37 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 11-8 |
| 16:23 | Temple | Eugene Danner lays it up and in on a great pass from Stanley Johnson and the foul's on Kevin McCabe - foul #1 on Kevin McCabe, team foul #3 | 11-10 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen (PG) Larry Meis | |
| Subs | Temple | Michael Thorpe (PG), John Masters (SG) Charles Lowe, Stanley Johnson | |
| 16:23 | Temple | Eugene Danner makes the free throw | 11-11 |
| 16:16 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-11 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges (SF) Edward Bracero | |
| Subs | Temple | Clarence Page (PF) Eugene Danner | |
| 16:02 | Temple | Ernie Taylor hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Kevin McCabe - foul #2 on Kevin McCabe, team foul #4 | 11-11 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Clifford Baker (PF), Johnny Buckmaster (C) Norbert Combs, Kevin McCabe | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 16:02 | Temple | Ernie Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 11-12 |
| 16:02 | Temple | Ernie Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 11-13 |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Bobby Allen (fresh) SG - Roderick Cathey (fresh) SF - Kristopher Hodges (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Clifford Baker (fresh) C - Johnny Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Michael Thorpe (fresh) SG - John Masters (fresh) SF - Ernie Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clarence Page (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Hurley (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen is fouled on the floor by Ernie Taylor - foul #1 on Ernie Taylor, team foul #4 | 11-13 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero (SG) Roderick Cathey | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 15:21 | St. Joseph's | Clarence Page steals the ball from Edward Bracero | 11-13 |
| 15:02 | Temple | Bobby Allen steals the ball from John Masters | 11-13 |
| 14:34 | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges drills a jump hook in the paint | 13-13 |
| 14:18 | Temple | Clarence Page is hacked by Johnny Buckmaster - foul #1 on Johnny Buckmaster, team foul #5 | 13-13 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Robert McDonald (PG), Larry Meis (SG), Roderick Cathey (SF), Richard Murphy (PF), Norbert Combs (C) Bobby Allen, Edward Bracero, Kristopher Hodges, Clifford Baker, Johnny Buckmaster | |
| Subs | Temple | Charles Lowe (PG), Stanley Johnson (SG), Eugene Danner (SF), Arthur Greenway (C) Michael Thorpe, John Masters, Ernie Taylor, Peter Hurley | |
| 14:04 | Temple | Stanley Johnson loses the dribble to Roderick Cathey | 13-13 |
| 13:46 | St. Joseph's | The short jumper by Roderick Cathey is denied by Clarence Page | 13-13 |
| 13:44 | Temple | Eugene Danner gets the rebound | 13-13 |
| 13:23 | Temple | Charles Lowe can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 13-13 |
| 13:21 | Temple | Clarence Page tips it back up and in | 13-15 |
| 13:01 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy slams it home | 15-15 |
| 12:40 | Temple | Stanley Johnson clanks a runner from the left block but he's hacked by Norbert Combs - foul #1 on Norbert Combs, team foul #6 | 15-15 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges (SF), Clifford Baker (PF), Johnny Buckmaster (C) Roderick Cathey, Richard Murphy, Norbert Combs | |
| Subs | Temple | Ernie Taylor (PF), Peter Hurley (C) Clarence Page, Arthur Greenway | |
| 12:40 | Temple | Stanley Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 12:40 | Temple | Stanley Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 15-17 |
| 12:22 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis misses long on a floater from the left side | 15-17 |
| 12:21 | Temple | Stanley Johnson pulls down the rebound | 15-17 |
| 12:15 | Temple | Peter Hurley loses the dribble to Robert McDonald | 15-17 |
| 11:57 | St. Joseph's | Eugene Danner is called for the reach on Kristopher Hodges - foul #1 on Eugene Danner, team foul #5 | 15-17 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen (PG), Edward Bracero (SG) Robert McDonald, Larry Meis | |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (SF) Eugene Danner | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Bobby Allen (fresh) SG - Edward Bracero (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kristopher Hodges (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Baker (fresh) C - Johnny Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Charles Lowe (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Masters (fresh) PF - Ernie Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Peter Hurley (fresh) | |
| 11:48 | St. Joseph's | Clifford Baker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-17 |
| 11:33 | Temple | Stanley Johnson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Edward Bracero - foul #1 on Edward Bracero, team foul #7 | 15-17 |
| 11:33 | Temple | Stanley Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 11:33 | Temple | Stanley Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 15-18 |
| 11:19 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on John Masters - foul #1 on John Masters, team foul #6 | 15-18 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey (SF), Norbert Combs (PF) Kristopher Hodges, Clifford Baker | |
| Subs | Temple | Michael Thorpe (SG), Arthur Greenway (C) Stanley Johnson, Ernie Taylor | |
| 11:19 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero misses the 1st free throw | 15-18 |
| 11:19 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero makes the 2nd free throw | 16-18 |
| 11:01 | Temple | Charles Lowe loses the ball out of bounds | 16-18 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy (PF) Johnny Buckmaster | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 10:42 | St. Joseph's | Norbert Combs misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 16-18 |
| 10:40 | Temple | Peter Hurley grabs the defensive rebound | 16-18 |
| 10:20 | Temple | John Masters misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 16-18 |
| 10:19 | Temple | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Lowe | 16-18 |
| 10:00 | Temple | Michael Thorpe can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 16-18 |
| 09:59 | Temple | Peter Hurley snags the offensive board | 16-18 |
| 09:39 | Temple | Michael Thorpe hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Lowe | 16-21 |
| 09:32 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy misses short on a jump hook from the left block | 16-21 |
| 09:30 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy grabs the offensive board | 16-21 |
| 09:14 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-21 |
| 09:13 | Temple | Peter Hurley pulls down the rebound | 16-21 |
| 08:47 | Temple | Charles Lowe drills a jumper from close range on a great pass from John Masters and he's hacked by Roderick Cathey - foul #1 on Roderick Cathey, team foul #8 | 16-23 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Robert McDonald (PG), Larry Meis (SG), Kristopher Hodges (SF), Clifford Baker (PF), Johnny Buckmaster (C) Bobby Allen, Roderick Cathey, Edward Bracero, Richard Murphy, Norbert Combs | |
| Subs | Temple | Stanley Johnson (SG), Eugene Danner (SF), Clarence Page (PF) Michael Thorpe, John Masters, Arthur Greenway | |
| 08:47 | Temple | Charles Lowe makes the free throw | 16-24 |
| 08:30 | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-24 |
| 08:28 | Temple | Peter Hurley gets the rebound | 16-24 |
| 08:26 | Temple | Robert McDonald steals it from Charles Lowe in the backcourt | 16-24 |
| 08:25 | St. Joseph's | Robert McDonald hits the finger roll | 18-24 |
| 08:01 | Temple | Charles Lowe misses short on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Robert McDonald - foul #1 on Robert McDonald, team foul #9 | 18-24 |
| 08:01 | Temple | Charles Lowe misses the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 08:01 | Temple | Charles Lowe misses the 2nd free throw | 18-24 |
| 08:01 | St. Joseph's | Clifford Baker grabs the board | 18-24 |
| 07:41 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Stanley Johnson - foul #2 on Stanley Johnson, team foul #7 | 18-24 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| Subs | Temple | Michael Thorpe (SG) Stanley Johnson | |
| 07:41 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis makes the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 07:41 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis makes the 2nd free throw | 20-24 |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Robert McDonald (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SG - Larry Meis (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kristopher Hodges (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Baker (fresh) C - Johnny Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Charles Lowe (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Thorpe (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Clarence Page (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Peter Hurley (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:33 | Temple | Clarence Page is fouled on the floor by Kristopher Hodges - foul #2 on Kristopher Hodges, team foul #10 | 20-24 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Sean Amundson (SF) Kristopher Hodges | |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (SG) Charles Lowe | |
| 07:33 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the 1st free throw | 20-24 |
| 07:33 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the 2nd free throw | 20-24 |
| 07:33 | St. Joseph's | Clifford Baker grabs the board | 20-24 |
| 07:19 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 20-24 |
| 07:18 | Temple | Clarence Page grabs the defensive rebound | 20-24 |
| 07:05 | Temple | John Masters misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 20-24 |
| 07:03 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Johnny Buckmaster | 20-24 |
| 06:54 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 20-24 |
| 06:53 | St. Joseph's | Sean Amundson can't tip it in | 20-24 |
| 06:51 | Temple | Clarence Page grabs the board | 20-24 |
| 06:44 | Temple | Johnny Buckmaster takes the ball from Eugene Danner | 20-24 |
| 06:22 | St. Joseph's | Sean Amundson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 20-24 |
| 06:20 | Temple | Clarence Page grabs the board | 20-24 |
| 05:51 | Temple | John Masters comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Johnny Buckmaster - foul #2 on Johnny Buckmaster, team foul #11 | 20-24 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen (PG), Roderick Cathey (SG), Edward Bracero (SF), Richard Murphy (PF), Norbert Combs (C) Robert McDonald, Larry Meis, Sean Amundson, Clifford Baker, Johnny Buckmaster | |
| Subs | Temple | Stanley Johnson (SG), Ernie Taylor (PF), Walter Donnelly (C) Eugene Danner, Clarence Page, Peter Hurley | |
| 05:51 | Temple | John Masters makes the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 05:51 | Temple | John Masters misses the 2nd free throw | 20-25 |
| 05:51 | St. Joseph's | Norbert Combs grabs the board | 20-25 |
| 05:35 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-25 |
| 05:34 | Temple | Michael Thorpe snags the defensive board | 20-25 |
| 05:25 | Temple | Michael Thorpe is hacked by Norbert Combs - foul #2 on Norbert Combs, team foul #12 | 20-25 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Clifford Baker (PF) Norbert Combs | |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF) John Masters | |
| 05:25 | Temple | Michael Thorpe makes the 1st free throw | 20-26 |
| 05:25 | Temple | Michael Thorpe makes the 2nd free throw | 20-27 |
| 04:59 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy misses badly on a runner from close range but the foul's on Michael Thorpe - foul #1 on Michael Thorpe, team foul #8 | 20-27 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| Subs | Temple | Charles Lowe (PG) Michael Thorpe | |
| 04:59 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy makes the 1st free throw | 21-27 |
| 04:59 | St. Joseph's | Richard Murphy makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 04:38 | Temple | Bobby Allen is called for the reach on Stanley Johnson - foul #1 on Bobby Allen, team foul #13 | 22-27 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis (SG) Edward Bracero | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 04:38 | Temple | Stanley Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 22-27 |
| 04:38 | Temple | Stanley Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 22-28 |
| 04:26 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey is fouled on the floor by Ernie Taylor - foul #2 on Ernie Taylor, team foul #9 | 22-28 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| Subs | Temple | Clarence Page (PF) Ernie Taylor | |
| 04:26 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey makes the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 04:26 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey misses the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 04:26 | Temple | The rebound goes to Clarence Page | 23-28 |
| 04:09 | Temple | Roderick Cathey takes the ball from Eugene Danner | 23-28 |
| 04:06 | St. Joseph's | Bobby Allen banks in the layup set up by Roderick Cathey | 25-28 |
| 03:54 | Temple | Charles Lowe is fouled on the floor by Bobby Allen - foul #2 on Bobby Allen, team foul #14 | 25-28 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Kristopher Hodges (SF), Norbert Combs (PF), Johnny Buckmaster (C) Roderick Cathey, Clifford Baker, Richard Murphy | |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (SF), Ernie Taylor (PF) Eugene Danner, Clarence Page | |
| 03:54 | Temple | Charles Lowe misses the 1st free throw | 25-28 |
| 03:54 | Temple | Charles Lowe makes the 2nd free throw | 25-29 |
| 03:36 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Norbert Combs | 28-29 |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Bobby Allen (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Larry Meis (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kristopher Hodges (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Norbert Combs (fresh) 2 reb. C - Johnny Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Charles Lowe (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stanley Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Masters (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ernie Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Walter Donnelly (fresh) | |
| 03:25 | Temple | Stanley Johnson knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Ernie Taylor and he's hacked by Kristopher Hodges - foul #3 on Kristopher Hodges, team foul #15 | 28-31 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero (SF) Kristopher Hodges | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 03:25 | Temple | Stanley Johnson misses the free throw | 28-31 |
| 03:25 | St. Joseph's | Norbert Combs pulls down the rebound | 28-31 |
| 03:03 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 28-31 |
| 03:02 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster tips it back up and in | 30-31 |
| 02:39 | Temple | Charles Lowe connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Stanley Johnson | 30-33 |
| 02:17 | St. Joseph's | Johnny Buckmaster can't throw it down | 30-33 |
| 02:15 | Temple | Ernie Taylor pulls down the rebound | 30-33 |
| 02:09 | Temple | Bobby Allen picks off the pass by John Masters | 30-33 |
| 01:47 | St. Joseph's | Larry Meis comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 30-33 |
| 01:46 | Temple | Walter Donnelly grabs the board | 30-33 |
| 01:34 | Temple | Walter Donnelly is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Walter Donnelly, team foul #10 | 30-33 |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Robert McDonald (PG), Roderick Cathey (SG), Clifford Baker (PF), Kevin McCabe (C) Bobby Allen, Larry Meis, Norbert Combs, Johnny Buckmaster | |
| Subs | Temple | Michael Thorpe (PG), Eugene Danner (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Peter Hurley (C) Charles Lowe, John Masters, Ernie Taylor, Walter Donnelly | |
| 01:20 | St. Joseph's | Clarence Page steals it from Robert McDonald | 30-33 |
| 01:07 | Temple | Michael Thorpe drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Eugene Danner | 30-35 |
| 01:01 | St. Joseph's | Edward Bracero clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 30-35 |
| 01:00 | Temple | Clarence Page snags the defensive board | 30-35 |
| 00:42 | Temple | Michael Thorpe misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-35 |
| 00:40 | St. Joseph's | Kevin McCabe grabs the board | 30-35 |
| 00:12 | St. Joseph's | Roderick Cathey loses the dribble to Peter Hurley | 30-35 |
| 00:00 | Temple | Stanley Johnson loses the ball out of bounds | 30-35 |